Senior Network Architect-North Denver
Location: US, CO, Westminster
Salary range: 120000-130000
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Director
Required education: Bachelor's Degree

Company profile:
Gorilla Logic provides custom application development services on the ground and in the cloud to many of the world's leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full-featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad commitment to software development best practices and quality. Gorilla Logic's innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of MonkeyTalk, the industry leading open-source tools for automated mobile and web testing.Our client list includes companies such as NBC/Universal, Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Michigan, Verizon Wireless, eBay, Frontier Airlines, JPMorgan and the Veteran’s Administration to name a few.

Job description:
Gorilla Logic provides custom application development services on the ground and in the cloud to many of the world's leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full- featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad commitment to software development best practices and quality. Gorilla Logic's innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of MonkeyTalk, the industry leading open-source tools for automated mobile and web testing.Our client list includes companies such as NBC/Universal, Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Michigan, Verizon Wireless, eBay, Frontier Airlines, JPMorgan and the Veteran’s Administration to name a few.SummarySenior Network Architect interfaces with individual lines of business to understand new trends and business developments, and to map those changes to a technology roadmap that maintains current revenue generating systems and adapts or enhances them with new capabilities to meet business objectives. 

Requirements:
ResponsibilitiesConducts quarterly user / line of business summits to identify new or emerging problems, understand business growth and new capability additions, and presents solutions.Assist in the definition of technical services, SLAs, KPI’s, and develops system requirements to capture and report on KPI’s.Creates and maintains a rolling 36 month network platform roadmap, used to outline broad changes, new directions and alignment to overall business directions.Translates network roadmap into specific, actionable projects with clear deliverables and well defined business value.Facilitate Process Improvement strategies in multiple departmentsCreates and maintains demand forecasts for core network services, and uses this asinput to network roadmap and budget process.Surveys external emerging developments, and evangelizes new technologies, standardsand methodologies that will have a positive impact on the company's bottom-line andquality of service.Communicates repeatable design patterns, reference models, and implementationstandards that embody system qualities and enable independent design and delivery ofcore systems services such as storage, network, virtualization and cloud services.Contributes to the standards repository for use by engineering design teams to facilitateindependent delivery of standardized components.Responsible for creating, communicating, and ensuring adherence to enterprise-widearchitecture guidelines and solutionsIn conjunction with other domain Architects, works with Application Developmentproject teams, Infrastructure staff, and Product Managers during system design anddevelopment phases providing advice, interpretation, and review of networkarchitecture principles during these activities• Develops a WAN strategy for reducing overall complexity, cost and risk of a globalsatellite command and control network. Education and Experience Requirements:Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s Preferred)At least 5 years’ experience integrating with cross functional business unitsCCNP or equivalent, CCIE preferredExceptional problem-solving, troubleshooting, planning and organizational skills.Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technicalaudiences of various levels in the organization (e.g., executive, management, individualcontributors).Ability to explain the business, technical and process benefits of a proposed solution toa cross functional group of decision makersSecurity Clearance: Current DoD clearance (TS SCI) or ability to obtain. 

Benefits:
Outstanding TeamCool Projects to work onGreat Pay